shirk
Duck one's duties
To shirk is to avoid doing something you're supposed to do, especially work or duty: He shirked his responsibilities as a father.
The word implies laziness or cowardice rather than principled refusal.
Someone who habitually avoids their obligations is a shirker.
You can shirk a task, shirk work, or simply shirk without an object.
Avoid by quick movement
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- evadeEscape by cunning
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
- escapeFlight from captivity
duck · skive · slack off · weasel out · cop out · get out of · wriggle out of · circumvent
Abandonment of duty
- neglectFailure to provide care
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- defaultPreset standard option
- abandonLeave behind permanently
abdicate · forsake · desert · renege · disregard · ignore · overlook · omit
Not consistently performing
- untrustworthyNot deserving of confidence
- negligentFailing in due care
- remissNeglectful of duty
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
careless · heedless · inattentive · indifferent · apathetic · uncommitted · noncompliant · unaccountable
Avoiding effort deliberately
- loafingPassing time idly
- idlingOperating without working
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- malingeringFabricating symptoms for gain
goldbricking · skiving · lounging · lazing · procrastinating · coasting · drifting · sloth
Belief in multiple deities
- idolatryVeneration of false gods
- tawhidIslamic doctrine of oneness
- associationismTheory linking ideas mentally
- haramForbidden by Islamic law
dodge
Avoid by quick movement
escape · duck · skive · slack off · weasel out · cop out · get out of · wriggle out of · circumvent · bypass
dereliction
Abandonment of duty
- neglectFailure to provide care
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- defaultPreset standard option
abandon · abdicate · forsake · desert · renege · disregard · ignore · overlook · omit · skip
unreliable
Not consistently performing
- untrustworthyNot deserving of confidence
- negligentFailing in due care
- remissNeglectful of duty
derelict · careless · heedless · inattentive · indifferent · apathetic · uncommitted · noncompliant · unaccountable · reckless
slacking
Avoiding effort deliberately
malingering · goldbricking · skiving · lounging · lazing · procrastinating · coasting · drifting · sloth · indolence
polytheism
Belief in multiple deities
- idolatryVeneration of false gods
- tawhidIslamic doctrine of oneness
- associationismTheory linking ideas mentally
- idlingidle, idled, loaf, loafed, laze
- slacking offloaf, idle, laze, skimp, skive
- IslamAllah, Quran, Muhammad, Mecca, Ramadan
- Islamic TermsAllah, Quran, Islam, Muhammad, surah
- Islamic beliefstawhid, creed, monotheism, five pillars, prophethood
- forbidden actsblasphemy, idolatry, sacrilege, adultery, incest